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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI 
EASTERN DIVISION 
DEANDRE RAYSHUN WOODEN, ) 
) 
          Petitioner, ) 
) 
     v. )           No. 4:25-cv-01334-SEP 
) 
MARCY STROUT, ) 
) 
          Respondent. ) 
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER OF TRANSFER 
Petitioner Deandre Rayshun Wooden filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus 
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.  Wooden is challenging a conviction that arose in Polk County, 
Iowa, which is located in the Southern District of Iowa.  See 28 U.S.C. 95(b)(1).  Wooden is 
incarcerated in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, which is located in Henry County, in the Southern District 
of Iowa.  See 28 U.S.C. § 95(b)(2).   
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a), venue is proper in the Southern District of Iowa.  The Court 
will therefore transfer this action to that court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 
Accordingly, 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall transfer this action to the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division at Des Moines, pursuant to 28 
U.S.C. § 1406(a). 
Dated this 29
th day of May, 2026. 
S ARAH E. PITLYK 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
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